Barylite (rare excellent crystals) (ex Francesco Bedogné Collection)

Item Description

Barylite is a rare beryllium barium silicate species, only found in a few dozen world localities. Some of the finest crystals of the species have been found at the famous alkali pegmatite locality, Mount Malosa in Malawi. This specimen is a fantastic small miniature featuring a few fine quality, sharp, well-formed, elongated, tabular, white crystals of Barylite measuring up to 1.2 cm associated with Quartz and Aegirine on matrix. You never see specimens of this material on the market anymore, and this particular piece is one of the showiest and finest quality examples that we've had to offer. The piece is not only eye-catching and aesthetic, but the Barylite crystals are very good sized for the locality and the species. From the worldwide collection of famed Italian mineral collector, field collector and author, Francesco Bedogné of Sondrio, Italy (Collection #1899). Bedogné wrote dozens of articles and several books about the mineralogy of Italian Alpine localities such as Val Bregaglia, Val Masino, Val Codera, Val Spluga, Valtellina and the famous Val Malenco. He was also the founder of the Valtellinese Mineralogical Institute.